Labeling-machine.



lNo. 871,745. PATEN'I'ED NOV. 19, 1907 F. W. WILD, JR. LABELING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 17, 1907.

UNTTED sTATEs PATENT cierren,

lFREDERICK W. WILD, JR., OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO BURTMACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OI" DELAWARE.

LABELINGMACHINE Nc. e7 1,745.

Specication'of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1e, 1907.

Applicatiou'iiled May 17. 1607. Serial No. 3742.144,

5 ments in Labeling-Machines, of which the following i a specification.

T his invention relates to an improved Inacliine whereby a can isprovided with two orr more labels or wrappers which are placed one overanother, and at one operation ofthe Ina-4 chine.

inthe further description of the said invention which follows, referenceis made to the accompanying drawing forming a part 1 5 hereof, and inwh1ch,

Figure 1 is .a'partly sectional side view -of such parts of the machineas are involved. in the present invention, and Fig. 2 a plan of thesame. Fig. 3 illustrates'a modified construction of a part of themachine.

fRefei-rilif now to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, 1 is a -portion of thebed of the machine, and 2 denotes a pair of pulleys at the entrance endofthe machine, which in connection with a similar pair, not shown, atthe delivery cnd of the machine, and endless belts the lower run of oneof which is shown in Fig. 1, serves to carry the cans along the bed 1.

` The shaft dof the pulleys 2 is journaled in standards 3 erected on thebed 1.

5 is a receptacle for paste or cement situated in the path of the canstraversing the bed4 1, and b represents the irst pair of rotarycement-applying disks situated in the said receptacle.

The receptacle 5 is also provided with a second pair `of rotarycement-applying disks A c similar in character to the ones l; exceptthat the disks are set further apart as show-n .i.n Fig. 2, for apurposchereinafter described.

7 and 9 are res cctivelyhth' irst and secondsta'ck of labe s,independently supported by .the spring-held tables 10 and l2.

I `he labels of the stack 7 ar'enarrower than those of the stack 9, asshown in Fig( 2, the

former having 'a width which is less than the length of the can body,while the latter may have avwidth consulerablyV greater than thelengthpf-the cans, in order that their ends may be'l wrappeitovm' andupon the can heads. p hen the wide labels consist of thin andhighly'glazcd sheets the rolling of cans -over tween the them has atendency to push forward the upper labels, and it is desirable to em loymeans to prevent this and hold the stac i so that the ends of the labelswill present a vertical lineas shown in Fig. 1.

The devices which I prefer to effect the vertical alinement of thelabels consist of vertically and laterally adjustable stems 15 withneedle or knife edge points which are forced through a limited number ofthe u per labels by the u ward ressure on tie stack, and from whic 1 thela els are torn by the cans adhering to the same.

The operationl of the machine is as follows: A can in rolling over thefirst pair b of cement-applying disks, the body thereof beeads receivesdaubs of theadhesive. In passing to the mentlapplying rolls c, the canis again fdaubed with cement but at places beyond y speaking on thefirst daubs or more pro 'er s the can reaches the flanges of the heads.

the to the first stack of labels it picks u label which is wrappedaround its ody, an

upon reaching the second stack 9, in View of the exposure of the daubsof cement received from the second cement disks, the can resecond pairof ce? ceives the second label or wrapper andis finally discharged.

. 'It will be understoodfrom the foregoing `description that the presentinvention consists principally insecuring on a can, one

label or wrapper over another by means of a'V single machine and at oneoperation of the same, and'that by the daubing of` the can wlleleexposedbeyond the ends of the first wrapper the second or outer label orwrapper is attached to the can without adherii'igto the'rst label andmay be removed from the. can without interfering with the label be-Instead of having the pairsof cement-applying, Figs. 1 and 2 it iswithin the scope of my invention to place all the disks on a singleshaft as shown in Fig. 3; and where in the labeling of paint cans, thecolor of the contents of the can has to be indicated by the label, theiirst label attached to' the can could consist of a small colored sheetshown in dotted lines in Fig; 2 and marked e; label could have a hole dthrough which the' colored sheet could-he seen. With such an disks onseparate shafts as shown in and .the second,

Iarrangement,` a single central cement-applycornbined with amultiplicity ofi-label sup- `-10v ing disk b1 would be substituted forthe inner ports arranged one beyond the `othe'r'llongipair of disks bshown in Figs. 2 and 3. l tudinally of the lhachine, substantially asone label or Wrapper over anot er, devices to I claim as my invention z-Y speciie In a labeling machine ada ted to'useeure FREDERIC We JRS.applycern'ent to a can body where the same Witnesses: I is to be coveredby a label and to a portion THOMAS G. HULL,

fof the can body laterally beyond the label, WM. T.. HOWARD.

